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of america. we have clarity on that. host: sarah kliff? guest: the eligibility age quickly shaping up to be a big issue for the fiscal cliff. house republicans have said this is something they want to come out of these negotiations. congressional democrats, one of the top senators, has said we are not on board with it. it is difficult to see where that issue lands. what that will mean even chile is moving the age up to 67 -- will mean eventually is moving the age up to 67. host: the issue of spending, a large majority goes to these programs, medicare and medicaid, social security. speaker boehner was speaking about that yesterday. >> i am not concerned about my job. i am concerned about doing the right thing for our kids and grandkids. if we do not fix this spending problem, their future is going to be rather bleak. host: this doc fix will cost potentially $25 billion. where is the debate heading? guest: it is heading into the holiday season as there seems to be an impasse between the two politic
of america. we have clarity on that. host: sarah kliff? guest: the eligibility age quickly shaping up to be a big issue for the fiscal cliff. house republicans have said this is something they want to come out of these negotiations. congressional democrats, one of the top senators, has said we are not on board with it. it is difficult to see where that issue lands. what that will mean even chile is moving the age up to 67 -- will mean eventually is moving the age up to 67. host: the issue of...
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what we need to make some decisions that is going to help the america people, corporate america, middle-class america, those individuals that are not in the capacity whatever so ever, i expect our elected officials to getting together, work this thing out, do the right thing, quit the fighting and come up with a solution even if they have to go back after the fact and just get things the way they are supposed to be. >> some of the expectations there from willard. we're going to go on to cal on the republicans line in tennessee. what do you think of the fiscal cliff and where the negotiations are so far? >> i think they ought to go over the fiscal cliff. we have people like that that are on the government bill too long. they are sucking the tit of the federal government. i think everyone should pay their fair share. we have almost a $17 billion national debt. not only, the rich but everyone should pay their fair share. we also need some spending cuts too. $3 for every $1. if you don't do this we're going top find ourselfs in a situation -- you want to talk about unemployment, we're not going t
what we need to make some decisions that is going to help the america people, corporate america, middle-class america, those individuals that are not in the capacity whatever so ever, i expect our elected officials to getting together, work this thing out, do the right thing, quit the fighting and come up with a solution even if they have to go back after the fact and just get things the way they are supposed to be. >> some of the expectations there from willard. we're going to go on to...
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they really are america's children. jack pinto, the same age of my grandson, he was a huge new york giants' fan and today was buried in a giants' jersey. and noah pozner, who is also 6, whose best friend, twin sister, avielle, who was in another class and survived. though, i'm sure she felt she lost her other self. these children were truly innocent. mostly knowing in their short lives just joy and little about the brutality in this world until they experienced it firsthand on friday. what gives us hope was there was also love and bravery in the educators and first responders who acted. we will remember them and pledge that their spirit will be our guiding light to act, to protect our children and our community. i yield back. mr. murphy: i thank the gentlewoman. at this time, i yield 1:30 to the gentleman from florida, mr. deutch. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. deutch: i thank my friend from connecticut. i rise tonight to join all americans in grieving for the innocent children and brave adult
they really are america's children. jack pinto, the same age of my grandson, he was a huge new york giants' fan and today was buried in a giants' jersey. and noah pozner, who is also 6, whose best friend, twin sister, avielle, who was in another class and survived. though, i'm sure she felt she lost her other self. these children were truly innocent. mostly knowing in their short lives just joy and little about the brutality in this world until they experienced it firsthand on friday. what...
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campaigns seem to override actual governance in america. that is a problem -- campaigns are getting more sophisticated and the money situation is changing. it leads to a campaign mode being more of a constant. you could try to get that out of the way by getting elections at. right now, the concern is politicians are playing the short game. i think there would be a lot of resistance from the public to do that. the public has typically been fairly conservative in terms of resisting fundamental changes. we have not seem a lot of evidence at the national level that the public has been engaged, though you are seeing it happen at the state level. california made fundamental changes to its election rules at the state level. >> the process of polling, it was a lot of variation in the poll numbers. the issue, and on what created some of those differences? as a producer of primary polling data, what is the analysis to polling? >> i will start with the second one. it is not going away. it is not going to change. it is it too easy to aggregate of the n
campaigns seem to override actual governance in america. that is a problem -- campaigns are getting more sophisticated and the money situation is changing. it leads to a campaign mode being more of a constant. you could try to get that out of the way by getting elections at. right now, the concern is politicians are playing the short game. i think there would be a lot of resistance from the public to do that. the public has typically been fairly conservative in terms of resisting fundamental...
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it translates beyond america. it is hard to answer for jack bauer and how he handles a difficult situation as a sole representative of how an american deals with somebody in who has a piece of information. it is a very hard thing to answer. that is a problem with literacy. that is a problem with education. there is an inevitable path of increasing sophistication, the amount of information that people can process and the amount of narrative complexity that people can process. it is on an increasing curve. >> i know you are an optimist. >> i am optimistic. look at television in 1968 versus or television is today. look at what the cbs evening newscast from 1974 versus what is happening today. it has become more politicized. the ability to process information has grown. these are issues of education. >> [inaudible] >> right. it is now more obvious. >> there is ongoing battle globally. people are putting out ideas. various ways, hidden or not, and value systems for these arguments. that is going on all the time. every
it translates beyond america. it is hard to answer for jack bauer and how he handles a difficult situation as a sole representative of how an american deals with somebody in who has a piece of information. it is a very hard thing to answer. that is a problem with literacy. that is a problem with education. there is an inevitable path of increasing sophistication, the amount of information that people can process and the amount of narrative complexity that people can process. it is on an...
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they should not be legally sold in america. the gun that was used at sandy hook grade school in newtown, connecticut, was just such a gun. an ar-15, originally an m-16 developed for military purposes and then with a clip attached to it that held countless numbers of bullets, he turned them on those little babies, those infants and killed them with that assault weapon. magazine clips with more than ten rounds should be prohibited from civilian use. no one should be allowed to purchase more than two firearms, maybe only one firearm a month. and those who own firearms that are within the reach of children should have protective locks on their weapons. what holds us back are political organizations that are well funded, organized and determined to resist even the most reasonable limitations. there is a close political parallel between the gridlock in washington on dealing with our economy and national debt and the eerie silence in congress as the list of horrific dwb gun crimes grows by the day. i'm encouraged by several of my coll
they should not be legally sold in america. the gun that was used at sandy hook grade school in newtown, connecticut, was just such a gun. an ar-15, originally an m-16 developed for military purposes and then with a clip attached to it that held countless numbers of bullets, he turned them on those little babies, those infants and killed them with that assault weapon. magazine clips with more than ten rounds should be prohibited from civilian use. no one should be allowed to purchase more than...
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we have powell from america's promise. i just want to thank them for all being with us today and all of you, our esteemed guests and sharing what i think will be an exciting moment -- morning. one week ago today, there was at a unspeakable tragedy that none of us have beentragedy that nond get out of our minds. i am comforted today in the company of view, our friends, neighbors, community members, city leaders, leaders of our country, the mayor, and other special guests. i have the honor of introducing my friend and our champion, secretary of education arne duncan. give him a hand. [applause] since he came to washington with president obama in 2009, he has been a forward thinking and caring supporter of the district. to the teachers and principals of this city in this country. he has helped secure millions of dollars in funding. they helped shape innovative policies, all across the country. he is a true leader, not just in time for celebration, but in times of tragedy and sorrow. yesterday, he attended the funeral of the p
we have powell from america's promise. i just want to thank them for all being with us today and all of you, our esteemed guests and sharing what i think will be an exciting moment -- morning. one week ago today, there was at a unspeakable tragedy that none of us have beentragedy that nond get out of our minds. i am comforted today in the company of view, our friends, neighbors, community members, city leaders, leaders of our country, the mayor, and other special guests. i have the honor of...
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not every idea we originally thought of in america. we used to have such an enormous advantage in every field that we had the ability to look inward and think our ideas were always the best and not worry about competition. now we have to worry about the competition. i think we will step up to it. i think part of this is around this immigration issue to make sure we continue to revitalize ourselves, which is what -- which is what immigration is about. this is not the first time we have grappled with immigration. >> president sullivan, how about universities? >> cannot think american universities will be in the situation at detroit found itself in years ago. we have a series of competition now. -- serious competition now. other countries are investing quickly in their universities and a lot of money. in china, at the same time we are not investing in public education, they are investing heavily. if you walk through chinese university, you'll see an amazing, huge, brand new laboratory buildings. they do not have people in them yet. they d
not every idea we originally thought of in america. we used to have such an enormous advantage in every field that we had the ability to look inward and think our ideas were always the best and not worry about competition. now we have to worry about the competition. i think we will step up to it. i think part of this is around this immigration issue to make sure we continue to revitalize ourselves, which is what -- which is what immigration is about. this is not the first time we have grappled...
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god bless you and god bless america. [applause] >> tomorrow morning a look at foreign policy in 2012. then the biggest political stories of 2012 with fox news political analyst juan williams. washington juren live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the senate runches for legislative business on thursday and the house has a proform asession scheduled that day. the first would extend provisions of the fisa act. the other is a pack abbling for areas affected by hurricane sandy. you can follow live coverage of the senate on c-span2. and house members are on stand by as negotiations continue over the so-called fiscal cliff. >> now a conversation on hollywood's portrayal of politics and policy making in movies and tv shows. among those we'll hear from the crete or the of the show "homeland." this is an hour 20 minutes. >> good evening again. welcome back to the forum. i'm not the one you'll be applauding for. you know we have public events, public forums in our headquarters campus about once a month. and we've had fo
god bless you and god bless america. [applause] >> tomorrow morning a look at foreign policy in 2012. then the biggest political stories of 2012 with fox news political analyst juan williams. washington juren live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the senate runches for legislative business on thursday and the house has a proform asession scheduled that day. the first would extend provisions of the fisa act. the other is a pack abbling for areas affected by hurricane...
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the united states, it's a tool of the united states to make america safe. if there is any air strike conducted that involves an enemy combatant of the united states outside the theater of direct combat, it gets reviewed by this committee. and i am talking about every single one. that's an important thing. and there are very strict reviews put on all of this material. there are he very strict guidelines about how these air strikes may or may not occur. because we have that same feeling. if people lose faith in our ability, of our intelligence services to do their work, then they will be ineffective and therefore we will be less safe. our argument has been we want that oversight. we want aggressive oversight. we want thorough review. and i request tell you, and i think you would be proud of the very work that we do on the committee to that end. we never really did covert action reviews except for sporadically. now we do regularly, quarterly, and monthly covert action reviews on this committee. to make sure we get it right. they get it right. mr. kucinich: wou
the united states, it's a tool of the united states to make america safe. if there is any air strike conducted that involves an enemy combatant of the united states outside the theater of direct combat, it gets reviewed by this committee. and i am talking about every single one. that's an important thing. and there are very strict reviews put on all of this material. there are he very strict guidelines about how these air strikes may or may not occur. because we have that same feeling. if...
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he talks about hope and about the future without nuclear weapons in america. it is a more progressive, more optimistic view of the world than in 1976. you can see his anti communism is evolving, his cultural view is eek balding. he has not yet been gained or acquired the tax cut philosophy that it's so nicely into his optimistic outlooks of empowering individuals. >> saturday night, craig shirley on the campaigns of ronald reagan. >> the commander of u.s. forces and the desert storm died thursday at age 70 it. in the net today when he commanded a coalition that drove forces under a sitcom hussein out of kuwait. former president george its w. bush said he epitomized the service, country, creed the has defended the freedom. leon panetta described the army general as one of the great military giants of the 20th century. next an interview with the general on his autobiography, it does not take a hero. >> almost every general had fought in vietnam. we all remembered feeling abandoned by our country. you had to dip towards. how much did that impact the rest of your
he talks about hope and about the future without nuclear weapons in america. it is a more progressive, more optimistic view of the world than in 1976. you can see his anti communism is evolving, his cultural view is eek balding. he has not yet been gained or acquired the tax cut philosophy that it's so nicely into his optimistic outlooks of empowering individuals. >> saturday night, craig shirley on the campaigns of ronald reagan. >> the commander of u.s. forces and the desert storm...